Computer companies established in 1997

HTC Corporation (), or High Tech Computer Corporation (abbreviated and trading as HTC), is a Taiwanese consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Founded in 1997, HTC began as an original design manufacturer and original equipment manufacturer that designed and manufactured laptop computers.

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ArtX was a semiconductor design company founded in 1997 by a group of 20 former Silicon Graphics employees, led by executives Wei Yen and David Orton. The company initially sought to develop a high-performance, cost-effective graphics chip for the IBM PC compatible market, competing with established firms such as 3dfx and emerging competitors like Nvidia. ArtX became better known for designing the Flipper graphics chip used in Nintendo's GameCube console. The company was acquired by ATI Technologies in 2000, and its work formed the basis for ATI's Radeon line of GPUs, which continued under AMD

Asetek A/S is a Danish company (with operations in the United States, Denmark, Taiwan, and China) that designs, develops and markets phase-change cooling and liquid cooling solutions for computer systems. The company has two segments - the desktop segment and the data center segment. Asetek was founded in 1997 and is based in Aalborg, Denmark. The company is known for supplying desktop water coolers for companies like Corsair and NZXT. It has been credited for "taking liquid cooling mainstream".